Earnings Play Before Bell On Friday

EL Nov 60 Call / Nov 65 Put

CNX Nov 38 Call / Nov 39 Put

NWL Nov 17 Call / Nov 18 Put


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Earnings Play After Bell For Thursday

MSFT Nov 26 Call / Nov 27 Put

FSLR Nov 145 Call / Nov 150 Put

VRSN Nov 33 Call / Nov 34 Put

CEPH Nov 65 Call / Nov 70 Put

VPRT Nov 37.50 Call / Nov 40 Put

Earnings Play For Thursday:

MMM - Nov 90 Call / Nov 95 Put

BMC - Nov 44 Call / Nov 45 Put

DECK - Dec 55 Call / Dec 56.67 Put

RGC - Nov 12.5 Call / Nov 15 Put

EXPE - Nov 28 Call / Nov 29 Put

SPY - Intra-day Stats

SPY in a tight box of 118.575 and 118.222; the Dollar shot up on the open.

Quite On The HomeFront

SPY in a tight range into the Nov 2 and 3 dates for the Elections. The Dollar did drop and pop to a 15 yr low, so the government want to keep the dollar in a headlock. We will look for the coming days with glee!

EMC Earnings Play

Buy To Open
Nov 23 Call - limit - 0.51
Nov 19 Put - limit - 0.24
Total cost $0.75

Yahoo Earnings Play

Buy To Open

Nov 17 Call - limit - .61
Nov 14 Put - limit - .22
Total cost $0.83

Earnings to be reported on Oct 19; this securities is not a recommendation nor a soliciation of securities.

JPM - Earnings Play For Oct 13

JPM = 39.76

Buy To Open
Nov 39 Call limit - $1.94
Nov 38 Put limit - $0.82
Total cost $2.76

Intc Update - Earnings Play For Oct 12

Buy To Open

INTC = 19.52
Nov 19 Call for .96
Nov 18 Put for .26
Total cost $1.22


Trader Cowboys would probably trade this one, but since is it the last week for the Oct options, it would be insane to attempt.

OptionEx Week

Oct 19 Call for .73
Oct 18 Put for .06
Total cost $0.79

This is for educational purposes only and is not a soliciation of securities or recommendation of stated securities.

INTC - Earnings

Buy To Open
Nov 18 Call - Limit 1.54
Nov 21 Put - Limit 2.05
Total Cost $3.59

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Buy To Open
Nov 19 Call - .84
Nov 20 Put - 1.29
Total Cost $2.13

HV = 24%
IV30 = 29%

Sentiment Survey - AAII

MOS - Earnings Due 10/4/2010

Mosaic Co., is expected to report first-quarter share profit of .72 cents (US), up from (.23 cents) the previous year.

Earnings play: $MOS Oct 65 $CALL .82 limit / Oct 55 $PUT .51 limit.
Total Cost: $1.33

Target for this to work would be Stock Price at $66.33 or $53.67.

The Flash Crash Report - May 6, 2010

http://www.sec.gov/news/studies/2010/marketevents-report.pdf


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MAR - Earnings Oct 6

MAR is scheduled to report its earnings on Oct 6.

Oct 35 Call - Limit 1.60
Oct 36 Put - Limit 1.25
Total Cost $2.85

His IV = 34.45%
30 IV = 39.71%

Target Stock Price
$38.68 High End
$32.98 Low end

Currently no position has been taken, as mentioned before this is for educational puroses and is not a recommendation nor a solicaition of securities.